…as Northern APGA official condemns move

By O’star Eze

Amos Yashim Jayremos, an APGA aspirant for the seat of House of Assembly member, Mekira Constituency in Kaduna State has taken to the streets of Anambra State to campaign for former vice-president Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition saying that he is the only man who can rule Nigeria without religious sentiments.

Speaking to newsmen during the APGA National Retreat that held recently in Awka, Anambra State, Jayremos said, “For a new Nigeria where security of lives and properties will be guaranteed, where employment will be given on merit not on sentiment, we need a man like Atiku,”

He said that Atiku is a man that believes in justice as well as in the unity and peace of the country, recalling that Atiku recently spoke in favour of restructuring Nigeria despite the antagonism of northern elites to the idea.

In his words, “Atiku spoke out for restructuring despite the fact that the northern elites frown at the idea as they have been the ones benefitting from the status quo all along.”

He said that Atiku is the man he believes in given his antecedents and belief in the project Nigeria and enjoined all Nigerians to join the campaign to make Atiku the president of Nigeria in the next general election.

He said that his loyalty to Atiku would not be deterred by the difference in political party insisting that even if APGA presents a presidential candidate he would still vote for Atiku.

“I do not care which party a candidate comes from. All I care about is the person that has the people of Nigeria at heart,” he said.

However, Sardauna Yaro, National Vice Chairman of APGA, Northwest, condemned the position of the APGA aspirant saying that was one of the reasons the retreat was organized; to reorient them on what party loyalty is all about.

In his words, “a real party person would not openly declare that he is for somebody who is not a member of his party.

“He is meant to follow only the candidate that his party has provided for a position and not do otherwise.

“That is the reason for this retreat to educate them to know the reason they are in the party. As long as you are a member of the party, you must follow the rules.”

Source: https://onavoice.com/2018/09/13/apga-aspirant-campaigns-for-atiku/